CELEBRITY CRUISES CHARTS NEW CULINARY COURSE
Miami - (janvier 05, 2007 ) - Celebrity Cruises today
announced plans to evolve its fleetwide culinary program, ending its
affiliation with Master Chef Michel Roux.
The mutual agreement coincides with the end of Roux’s
current contract with Celebrity. “Chef Roux has offered valuable culinary
consultation and direction since the Celebrity brand was founded, and
played an integral role in helping our brand achieve the recognition
it maintains today for offering fresh, gourmet cuisine,” said Celebrity’s
President Dan Hanrahan.
“We are very grateful to Chef Roux for the foundation
he helped us establish, and are confident in our ability to continue
to deliver an extraordinary dining experience for our guests across
the fleet.”
Every Celebrity ship has a highly experienced Food and
Beverage team, headed by executive chefs and food and beverage managers
who honed their skills in some of Europe’s finest restaurants and hotels.
They completed intensive training led by Chef Roux both
during Chef Roux’s onboard visits totaling well over 100 during the
15-year partnership and also, in the case of a few of Celebrity’s most
promising chefs, training at his Waterside Inn restaurant in England.
Similarly, the Food and Beverage Operations team based
at Celebrity’s headquarters bring extensive land-based and shipboard
culinary experience enabling them to effectively direct and complement
the shipboard colleagues. “Chef Roux has offered, and we have accepted,
to assist Celebrity during the transition, and will be available in
the future to offer advice and guidance,” said Hanrahan.
“Meanwhile, on behalf of all of us at Celebrity, I thank
him for all his contributions, and wish him the very best.” Celebrity
Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise experiences
with highly personalized service, authentic five-star dining, and extraordinary
attention to detail.
Celebrity sails in Alaska, Bermuda, California, Caribbean,
Europe, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Mexican Riviera, Panama Canal and
South America, and will begin sailing in Australia and New Zealand this
year. Noted for "The World's Best Large Ships," as voted by the readers
of Conde' Nast Traveler (February 2006 Cruise Poll), Celebrity's current
fleet will be joined by Celebrity Journey and Celebrity Quest this year,
Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, and a third Solstice-class
ship in 2010.
(From Royal Celebrity Cruises)
